The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1887-02-06
STRIKERS MAKE IT LIVELY.
KEEPING THE POLICE ON THE DANCE
ALL LAST EVENING.

Rumors Of strife from All sides That
are Suspected to Have Been Designed
TO Divide the Police Force, SO as to
Clear the Way for Attack on the
"Seabs.o
About nine o'clock last night word was
received by the police at the Provost street
office that the striking freight handlers on
the Erie had attacked a body of brake
men and other employees of the road just
west of the tunnel. A detachment of po-
lice was sent 10 the place 10 investigate.
Arriving at the spot, they were informed
by the foreman of the brakemen that five
or six Pennsylvania Railroad men had
visited them and threatened trouble il they
did not go out The police started after
the alleged interferers, when the Erie men
demanded protection, declaring that if it
was refused they would go out. The Off
GERS refrsed them any protection, and told
them to go out and be ID" The
police believed that, as many reports of
this kind were received during the even
ing, the strikers and men not on strike
were scheming to divide up the police and
get their forces scattered, so that at pre-
concerted signal the main body of the
strikers could make an attack on the
"scabs' working in their places. The po-
lice, therefore, kept their wits well about
them.
Chief Murphy has been rightfully COM
planning tnat his men SHOULD be provided
with proper sleeping accommodations, as,
without that, they must necessarily become
weary and tired and untitled for their
work. In compliance with the Chlets
suggestions so of his men were last night
provided with comfortable sleeping accom-
modations on the steamer Hunt, lying of
| the Adams Express Company's dock. The
Erie Company on Friday night furnished
one parlor car to accommodate all the
police on duty there. The Chief COM
! planned that this was mo- sufficient and
last night a second car was proyidedand
each officer slept in a separate berth.
The striking Erie freight handlers were
paid off yesterday. Philip Flemming. J.
O'Neil, james Donelan aud William O'Neil
we're arraigned before Justice Stilsing yes
terday morning for melting riot at the Erie
docks on Thursday. Their counsel con-
tended that no formal complaint had been
entered against them in writing. aud that
they should therefore be discharged. JUS
tice Stilsing refused the request, and held
them for examination next Monday They
had been bailed during the day befora at
$500 each.
SUNDAY MORNING NEWS reporter met
a striker on Grove street car late last
night.
''well, he asked. ssphat dyer think O.
| the strike, anyhow
What do you think" the reporter
| asked
"Well, tell yer. think there's no use
of US fellows to work agin capertil and will
get beaten in the end, anyhow. think all
the new men will be kept on and the Irish
/ of her 1x,-, IL
| got. Yes sir, think the strike is weaken
ing for shure."
Last night about $50 o'clock. while the
policemen who were stationed in the cars
at the Provost street crossing of the Erie
railway, communication was RECEIVED by
| Sergeant McGinnis of the Second precinct
stating that mrb of strikers had assem-
bled at the upper end of the tunnel and
were threatening the brakemen who were
at work on some cars, with assault if they
did not Immediately quit work. The COM
munication caused considerable excite
ment among the policem sn. A locomotive
was quickly attached to car and about
thirty five policen fully equipped for a hot
fight we're placed in the car 1t did not
take long for the car to arrive at the point
where the riot was expected. The police
men were divided into divisions, and under
! command OF Sergeant McGinnis, another
under Capt. McCaig and another under
Sergeant Heath. The men were sent in
! different directions and surrounded the
/ immediate country for some distance. in
search of body of strikers. But not
| striker could be seen, and 1t was ascertain
| ed that the only foundation for the rumor
was the fact that several PENNSYLVANIA
strikers tried to induce brakemen who were
at work to join them. When the police
men returned from the chase it was stated
that delegation had actually induced
some men to join them.
About ten minutes after the above COM
munication was received, Sergeant Hol-
derer, who was In charge of another squad
of policemen, also received communica-
ton from tho Erie docks that another dele
! cation of strikers were trying to induce the
brakemen to quit work. Sergeant Holderer
ordered his men to go ia different direc-
tons along the track and intercept the
strikers, but this search was also in vain
The Sergeant found, however, that four
men had actually left their cars, and the
yardmaster was trying to persuade them to
return. The Sergeant assured th4 men.
who were evidently afraid they would not
be protected, that they could return to
work without any danger. The men then
returned to their brakes.
| Superintendent Holloway, of the Hobo
ken Coal Company, promised delegation
of strikers that waited on him that he
would sell no more coal for New YORK A
similar pledge was made by G. M. Clerl-
hew, of Twelfth and Henderson streets.